*

The chilly water spraying out of the showerhead doesn't even make his warm cheeks cool. He remembers last night--- after experiencing a terrifying sleep paralysis, he went to Chanyeol's room, and he thinks that was the best decision he has made in his life so far.

Baekhyun closes his eyes and shakes his head, causing little droplets of water from his hair spatter in different directions.

"Was it all a dream?" he asks himself, recalling last night's happenings.

Feels so good... Ahhh...

"Oh god."

Happy Anniversary. I love you, too.

"Oh my god."

It's not a dream.

Baekhyun grabs the bath sponge and hugs it close to his chest.

"What if it's not Chanyeol-sunbae," he mutters to himself, his eyes widening, "What if it's someone else?"

Baekhyun remembers the horror movie he watched with Sehun, where a man was abducted by extraterrestrial beings and replaced him with an exact replica of his human form. Chanyeol must've been taken as an experiment for witchcraft because of his brain and his handsome looks.

Oh my god. It might be true, that Chanyeol sunbae is not Chanyeol sunbae anymore! But a Chanyeol sunbae who is either a warlock now or a goblin, who acts and talks differently from the normal Chanyeol sunbae.

Yes. That must be true.

Because a normal Chanyeol sunbae wouldn't let him dominate for once, and a normal Chanyeol sunbae wouldn't tell cheesy things like I love you too or Happy Anniversary.

Good thing Baekhyun woke up earlier than Chanyeol this morning. He found them sleeping side-by-side together on the bed, one blanket draped over their naked bodies. Baekhyun didn't wake him up, as he carefully sneaked out of bed without making any noise.

But he didn't forget to kiss Chanyeol first on the cheek before he went straight to his room with tippy toes. He rushed into the shower so that is why he is here right now, all soaked under the water while hugging a bath sponge.

Baekhyun blushes again.

"Stop blushing! He's a goblin!"

"Who's a goblin?"

Baekhyun's heart stops.

He sees Chanyeol outside, leaning against the door with his arms crossed and eyebrows furrowed (like the normal Chanyeol sunbae). He is just looking at him coldly, but his bed-nest hair sticking out messily makes him look hot and cute at the same time.

Baekhyun suddenly remembers he is stark naked right now, and Chanyeol just barged in to his bathroom without even knocking. He covers his crotch with his tiny hands from Chanyeol's eyes, as if it would help him feel a little less embarrassed than he is right now.

"What the hell were you saying?" Chanyeol asks, "Were you just talking to yourself?"

"I-it doesn't matter!" Baekhyun screams, his whole face flushed, "P-please close the door, I'm taking a bath!"

"Did you just fucking yell at me?"

"I'm sorry, I was just embarrassed..."

Chanyeol only sighs as he ruffles his hair. Baekhyun stands there in front of him, water streaming down his nudity.

"Why did you leave without waking me up?" Chanyeol says, and Baekhyun can sense a hint of annoyance in his voice, "You think you can just leave my side like that?"

"But you were still sleeping soundly and I didn't want to disturb you..."

"But it still shouldn't give you the right to take me for your one-night stand."

"I didn't mean it like that," Baekhyun mutters, "I was just too embarrassed to face you... A-and I thought you wanted more sleep so I just---"

"Did I say that I want it?"

"No," Baekhyun mumbles, "I'm sorry, Chanyeol-sunbae..."

"I just want to remind you," Chanyeol says, "I hate it when you disappear out of the blue in front of my eyes."

Chanyeol steps inside the bathroom. He is only wearing a bathrobe anyway, so it is easy for him to take it off and throw it in the laundry basket outside. Baekhyun paces back, his little feet almost stumbling on the wet tiled floor. He doesn't notice his back already hitting the cold flat surface of the wall, when Chanyeol cages him inside his long arms.

They are both wet now under the shower.

Baekhyun swallows the heavy lump in his throat, and he can't help but feel nervous and excited at the same time.

"Say Baekhyun," Chanyeol mutters in his deep voice, "I didn't fuck you last night, did I? I'm just wondering... How did you get off?"

"I-I endured it," Baekhyun whispers back shyly, "I slept with a raging erection after I waited for it to go down."

Chanyeol has this teasing look on his face as he smugly laughs, making Baekhyun hate him a little bit.

What a jerk!

"Poor Baekhyun," Chanyeol coos. "It must have hurt a lot, hm?"

Baekhyun nods as he bites his lower lip.

"How can I make up to you then?"

"Fuck me," Baekhyun replies, "Fuck me right here in the shower, Chanyeol-sunbae."

"You want to be banged against this wall?"

"Yes. Please fuck me right now. I'm begging you."

Taking Baekhyun's request, Chanyeol fucks him in the shower hard and rough against the bathroom wall. There are soap and bubbles all over his body as Chanyeol rams his cock into his tight asshole he hasn't even have the time to prepare. It doesn't matter though, as long as he can feel the length and width of Chanyeol's cock buried in his anus, fucking him into great oblivion. He knows there will be purplish bruises on his hips again, judging on how Chanyeol grips him with his strong hands.

But they're beautiful. Wonderful even. The bruises under his clothes are proof that he is already marked by none other Chanyeol.

Baekhyun orgasms completely untouched--- he is just so fucking needy and horny like a bitch in heat, that he comes just from penetration in his asshole alone. Chanyeol didn't lay a finger anywhere near his throbbing cock.

Chanyeol trained him to do that, and it's just so fucking erotic and hot to watch.

Chanyeol reaches his peak after him, coming all over Baekhyun's creamy and thick thighs. He observes how his precious come trickles down Baekhyun's smooth skin, until the liquid reaches the floor shamefully.

Too worn out and tired, Baekhyun almost gives in and falls on the floor. But Chanyeol is fast to catch him by his torso before his face hits the toilet bowl.

"Hey, careful."

Baekhyun holds on to Chanyeol's arm and stands straight, so that he is facing him, their soaked bodies pressed against each other. He looks at him right in the eyes and says:

"Thank you."

Baekhyun tips his toes up and reaches for Chanyeol's neck, and kisses him gently and full of love. Chanyeol doesn't move as Baekhyun kisses his mouth, he's just standing there like a statue.

Baekhyun decides to lean away because hey, Chanyeol isn't returning him the kiss and maybe he's still mad at him. But much to Baekhyun's surprise, Chanyeol moves his soft lips against his, kissing him ever so slowly as if he doesn't want him to break.

They share a kiss in silence under the shower.

Chanyeol is the first one to pull away though, and he unexpectedly lets out a chuckle when Baekhyun chases his lips when he thought there is something more.

Fucking cute.

Baekhyun opens his eyes and pouts. Their kiss is too short. He wants more of it, but Chanyeol looking at him seriously like this, tells him that the kiss is all done so he should just calm the fuck down and shut up.

"Baekhyun."

"Yes, Chanyeol-sunbae?"

"Wear nice clothes," Chanyeol says, "Let's go out on a date."

*

Sehun takes the paperbag the cashier is handing him after he pays it. He gets his change and shortly leaves the department store in not less than a minute. Thinking he still have some spare time to spend, he goes to a bubbletea shop and buys one order of chocolate flavored bubble tea with extra pearls and whipped cream.

Baekhyun's birthday is around the corner, so Sehun decides to get him a present like how he annually does. Last last year, he got Baekhyun a mug which he used everyday, while last year, he gave him a scarf. This year, he got him a pair of socks since Baekhyun is prone to catching cold. He gets cold easily when the temperature changes.

Thinking of Baekhyun suddenly makes Sehun hallucinate things, because he is now suddenly seeing his best friend just as soon as he goes out of the shop.

Carrying the paperbag in his left hand and the bubble tea in his right hand, Sehun follows with his eyes the guy who looks exactly like Baekhyun walking and laughing with some random tall guy. They just came out from a hairdressing salon.

Sehun squints his eyes.

"Wait. Is that Baekhyun?"

Sehun sees the short guy facing his general direction, showcasing that rectangular smile and his mochi cheeks.

Oh. It's him. Sehun tells himself. But as far as he can remember, his best friend Baekhyun has silver gray hair, and is dating the bastard Park Chanyeol. So why is he with that handsome guy he has never met before? Who is he?

"He must have dyed his hair back to black," Sehun mutters to himself with a smile, staring at a black-haired Baekhyun from a far, "It suits him better. He looks cuter that way..."

Sehun's mini reverie is interrupted by a strong bump in front of him, causing him to lose his balance a little. He searches around for Baekhyun again, but it seems like Baekhyun has already gone somewhere with that stranger.

He should call Baekhyun and ask him about it later.

Sehun dusts his bumped shoulder and is about to walk off when he feels someone behind him, holding both of his arms. He looks at his back and sees a person ducked down, as if he were hiding from someone and is basically using his body like a wall.

"W-what are you doing? Get off!"

"Sehun," the familiar high-pitched voice calls his name. He is almost out of breath."Hide me, please! He's chasing after me! Oh my god!"

"The fuck, what--"

"Aaah! H-he's there! That guy!"

Sehun confusingly looks around him. He spots a Chinese/Japanese guy at a distance he doesn't know and he doesn't care what he is, looking around his surroundings like he is looking for someone. Sehun feels the grip on his arms getting tighter, so he elbows the person hiding behind his back.

"Ouch!" Luhan yelps. "Why the fuck did you do that!"

"I'm going home!" Sehun says. "Don't involve me in this!"

"Just let me hide behind you until he goes away."

Sehun sighs and sips on his bubble tea. What the fuck is this.

"He's not leaving," Sehun says, "You're wasting my time here. I wanna go home. Just come out and face him."

"Don't want to!" Luhan says. "He's my ex from China and he's here to get back together with me."

"I'm calling Jongin," Sehun says as he gets his phone, but the other male is quick to stop his hand.

"No!" Luhan says. "Don't move!"

Sehun can't do anything but stand there awkwardly for an entire minute, until the Chinese guy walks off with a frustrated face.

"He's gone."

Or that's what he thought.

The Chinese guy comes back, now holding a baseball bat with his hand. Sehun's eyes widen as the guy walks towards them. He has large muscles and has a bigger built than Sehun, like he is a martial artist or something. Sehun steps back, shaking.

"Come out now, Lu! I know you are hiding behind this skinny boy," the Chinese dude says in a broken Korean accent. "I'll break your bones if you don't show your face in front of me!"

Luhan stops hiding anyway, and steps forward so that it's Sehun's turn to hide behind his back.

"What do you want from me, Paopao?"

"I want you again! Let's get back together and move to Beijing!"

"That's not gonna happen! We are already over a long time ago," Luhan says, "I have my own life now. I got myself a new boyfriend who is more handsome and has a bigger dick than you!"

"What the fuck did you say, bitch!?" Chinese guy says. He looks at Sehun behind Luhan. "Is that him!?"

"Yes!" Luhan says. "Leave us alone!"

"What!" Sehun cries. "I don't even know him!"

Chinese guy gestures the bat at Sehun, and Sehun wants to cry and run right now, because what the fuck, he knows how to fight but not against a thug. Especially a Chinese thug who has a fucking baseball bat.

"I will break your bones and cut your dicks!"

The baseball bat that is about to hit Sehun and Luhan suddenly halts midair. Not feeling anything, Luhan slowly looks up, and sees a hand stopping the baseball bat from hitting them. Chinese guy has his mouth hanging open, seeing his baseball bat now being thrown to somewhere by a tall guy owning a pair of red-blazing eyes.

"Fuck off," Chanyeol says.

Chinese dude runs for his life, until not a single trace of him can be seen within thin air.

Luhan just stands there, frozen. Sehun is more than surprised. Baekhyun clamps his mouth in shock.

"Are you all right?" Chanyeol asks Luhan and Sehun.

This is one of the rarest times Baekhyun seeing Chanyeol like this, and he admits Chanyeol looks really cool and manly. He can't help but ogle and stare at him adoringly.

"Yes I'm fine! Oh my god! I thought I'm gonna die," Luhan freaks out, "Thanks by the way! I almost didn't recognize you."

Sehun rolls his eyes. Well, Chanyeol looked really manly back there, but only a little. It still doesn't erase the fact that he's still a jerk. Now come to think of it, it was Chanyeol who was with Baekhyun earlier. He didn't recognize him since his hair is now shorter and is now dyed back to black, just like Baekhyun.

He's still ugly.

Baekhyun offers Sehun a quiet smile, so Sehun then smiles back at him sweetly. Baekhyun waves a little and mouths a Hello! so he also waves back in reply and mouths, Hi.

Chanyeol sides-eyes them.

"By the way, black looks good on you two," Luhan chirps as he gestures at their hairs, "You look like a normal couple."

"Thanks, Luhan-hyung," Baekhyun says, blushing as he touches his hair, while Chanyeol has an annoyed look on his face.

"I'm starving! Why don't we eat dinner first?" Luhan suggests. "The four of us?"

"That's a good idea!" Baekhyun says, looking up at Chanyeol with his puppy eyes to ask for permission. "Can we do that, Chanyeol-sunbae?"

"Yeah. It's fine with me."

"It's nice seeing you all but I'll pass," Sehun says, hiding the paperbag behind his back, "I have to go home early. My mom has just texted me."

Baekhyun frowns. "Can't you tell your mom you're eating out with us?"

"There's this place I know that serves the best food in this mall," Luhan says, "Come with us."

"But I seriously need to go."

"But I want to eat with you, Sehun," Baekhyun mutters as he pouts, "Please?"

Chanyeol glares daggers at them.

"If he doesn't want to come with us, then don't force him," he says, "It's much better without him."

"No, actually I wanna go," Sehun says, "Let's go."

They are in a restaurant, sitting in a table for four. Baekhyun is sitting across Chanyeol, while Sehun is sitting beside him across Luhan. Chanyeol and Luhan are sitting beside each other.

Their food comes, it's a full-course meal and some side dishes.

"Thank you for the food!" Baekhyun says, before he starts digging in. Meals are tastier especially if they are free. Chanyeol paid for the food so he must enjoy it happily.

Baekhyun is too busy eating his pasta to notice Chanyeol furiously coughing on his hand he almost tears up. He sees him immediately drinking water as he breathes hard. Worriedly looking at Chanyeol, he scrambles around the table in search for some tissues.

"The fuck is wrong with you?" Luhan says beside Chanyeol. "You can't eat spicy food, right?"

"F-fuck. I didn't know these shrimps are spicy."

"Give me those! I'll eat them all."

"Here. Put your mouth into good use."

Like Chanyeol, Baekhyun himself cannot eat spicy food too, so he can't help but just watch as Chanyeol transfers the spicy shrimps on Luhan's plate.

"Chanyeol is like a kid. He can't eat anything spicy unlike Jongin," Luhan says with a laugh.

"I'm not a kid, okay?" Chanyeol says, "Jongin just basically eats anything."

"I know right, Jongin eats anything delicious and spicy. Even Kyungsoo's dick with pepper on it."

Sehun stifles himself to throw up while Baekhyun just forces a laugh. He wants to eat the spicy shrimps for Chanyeol because he is his boyfriend. But he can't do that. He feels worthless.

And also, why didn't he know that fact about Chanyeol? Next time, he should know about him more. He still has a long list of things he doesn't know about him, like his favorite food, his favorite color, his favorite song. Does he even have one?

All he knows about him is his body.

"Here," Sehun says beside him, exchanging their bowls of rice. Baekhyun curiously looks at him while Sehun hands him the spoon. "You can eat now."

"But this is your food," Baekhyun says, looking down at his rice filled with pork, "I can eat my own food though..."

"You hate cucumbers. How can you eat this?" Sehun says with a laugh. "Eat a lot, okay?"

"Thank you, Sehun. I'll eat this well."

Chanyeol just stares at them as he munches his rice, while Baekhyun is happily eating Sehun's food. If he doesn't want cucumbers then he should have said it beforehand. How is Chanyeol supposed to know that. The heck.

They go home after their meal. All of them take Chanyeol's car--- both Luhan and Sehun are at the backseat while Baekhyun is on the passenger seat.

Baekhyun has been surprisingly quiet since then, the same goes for Chanyeol who is just driving silently. Chanyeol looks at the rare-view mirror of the car, seeing Luhan jamming into his own music on his earphones while Sehun sleeps (unintentionally) on his shoulder.

He side-eyes Baekhyun, not bothering to lose his concentration from driving. Baekhyun's mood seems to change for some reason he can't put a finger on. Baekhyun usually talks a lot during their drives going home, asking how was his day at school, or simply talking about what he saw in the streets or how he felt about his exams.

But the air seems to change.

They finally arrive at home before it gets too late. Still not exchanging a single word to each other, Chanyeol decides to break this goddamned silence just because he's seriously getting annoyed in this act.

"Hey," Chanyeol calls.

About to go inside his room to sleep, Baekhyun stops for a while and faces Chanyeol. They are now standing by the door of their respective rooms, both clad in sleepwears and pajamas.

"What is it?" Baekhyun asks weakly.

"What the hell is wrong with you?"

"Nothing," Baekhyun says, averting his eyes to the other direction, "Good night, Chanyeol-sunbae."

Before Chanyeol can say something else, Baekhyun has already closed the door silently in front of him. Chanyeol just shakes his head and goes inside his room, closing the door with a loud thud.

Baekhyun hasn't felt this kind of strange emotion ever before. It feels so unusual and scary, like his heart is squeezing inside his chest he can't properly breathe.

He remembers Chanyeol's face in his mind--- the color of his eyes as he saved Luhan and Sehun from that guy, the way he looked at him, and how he acted and talked comfortably with him.

Baekhyun knows that it wasn't for him that time. He doesn't know so much about him like he does. He feels like a nobody.

He remembers Chanyeol's face, but why does it hurt so much deep inside?

Baekhyun holds his chest and rustles around the bed, sleepiness still never visits him. Instead it is sadness clawing into his heart.

It aches very much.

"What is this... What is happening to me," Baekhyun mutters to himself as a tear rolls down his cheek. He looks at the ceiling above, clutching his chest with his fist.

"Why am I feeling this? I don't want this," Baekhyun whispers to himself, "Please, make it stop..."

*

To be continued.